Media - Press Release(s) 2006 - 2010

21/01/2010
Real People well positioned for 2010
with a R200 million injection from Norfund.
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26/11/2008
Mass market credit specialist, Real People,
confident of maintaining performance.
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19/08/2008
Mass market a safer bet for
lenders in tough times
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19/08/2008
Old Mutual Investment Group(SA)
invests in Real People
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22/07/2008
Confidence in Real People’s credit management expertise,
with further €10m boost from Dutch bank FMO
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30/01/2008
South African credit specialist Real People attracts $20 million boost for unsecured credit
book from North American fund manager
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20/11/2007
New South African urban housing player from Real People and Old Mutual
well positioned to grow urban housing market with R500m initiative
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18/09/2007
Credit management group Real People has concluded a R95m black economic
- empowerment (BEE) deal with a broad-based BEE consortium in respect of its South African operations.
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05/09/2007
EC consortium takes up it's share
- in Real People's SA operation
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20/08/2007
The Dream Awards – Daily Dispatch/Real People Reach for a Dream Foundation
- launched in East London today.
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06/07/2007
Historical new credit era welcomed by Real People as positive
- bringing far-reaching consequences for consumers,
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29/05/2007
East London financial services Real People hosted its first ever
- Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day last week,
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24/05/2007
Real People Assurance Company Limited - Pioneering family insurance cover
- proving popular choice for South Africans
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> 29/03/2007
Real People signs funding agreement with FMO
– bringing offshore funding to R180m
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> 28/02/2007
Financial services specialist Real People and French development
finance institution Proparco sign €5m (R46.7m) loan agreement
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> 28/02/2007
Financial services specialist Real People and French development
finance institution Proparco sign €5m (R46.7m) loan agreement
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> 11/01/2007
Real People assists East London Children’s Home
All children from the East London Children’s Home (ELCH) returned to school in style this year,
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> 25/10/2006
Global private equity fund manager Aureos Capital, through its Aureos Southern Africa Fund
has acquired a 7% interest in the rapidly expanding financial services group Real People Investment Holdings.
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> 14/07/2006
The sharp jump in the residential property market over the past two years
has had a knock-on effect on the prices of properties in the so-called “township”areas as well.
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> 04/07/2006
Real People, one of the largest, non-banking providers of financial services in SA,
not surprisingly, also runs one of the country’s largest and most efficient call centre operations.
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> 23/06/2006
Real People, the largest non-bank private sector provider of financial
products and services to the emerging market is also one of the largest private sector employees in the Eastern Cape.
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> 21/04/2006
The proprietary brand IT software solutions developed by financial services provider Real People,
in association with its principal technology partner Microsoft, is a concrete example of how business partnering in the IT space can be a win-win for all the parties concerned.
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> 04/04/2006
Real People, with 1 300 employees, says it is making significant progress in reversing the trend
of young East Londoners leaving the city to larger pastures.
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> 18/02/2006
Over the last 10 years, the financial services industry has been under increasing pressure
to interact with and respond to customer requirements more efficiently and effectively.
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> 18/01/2006
Real People, the largest non-banking provider of financial products and services in South Africa,
has made a difference in the lives of the children of East London Children’s Home – Child and Youth Care Centre, by kitting them out with brand new school uniforms.
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